Genopolitics

Genopolitics is the study of the genetic basis of political behavior and attitudes. It combines behavior genetics, psychology, and political science and it is closely related to the emerging fields of neuropolitics (the study of the neural basis of political attitudes and behavior) and political physiology (the study of biophysical correlates of political attitudes and behavior).

In 2008, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on the increase in academicians' recognition of and engagement in genopolitics as a discrete field of study,^[1] and New York Times Magazine included genopolitics in its "Eighth Annual Year in Ideas" for the same year, noting that the term was originally coined by James Fowler.^[2] Critics of genopolitics have argued that it is "a fundamentally misguided undertaking", and that it is inconsistent with evidence in the fields of genetics, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology.^[3]

^ Monastersky, Richard (September 19, 2008). "The Body Politic: Biology May Shape Political Views". Chronicle of Higher Education.
^ Biuso, Emily (December 12, 2008). "Genopolitics". New York Times Magazine.
^ Charney, Evan; English, William (May 2013). "Genopolitics and the Science of Genetics" (PDF). American Political Science Review. 107 (2): 382–395. doi:10.1017/S0003055413000099. hdl:10161/12548. ISSN 0003-0554. S2CID 10854801.

[1] Monastersky, Richard (September 19, 2008). "The Body Politic: Biology May Shape Political Views". Chronicle of Higher Education.

[2] Biuso, Emily (December 12, 2008). "Genopolitics". New York Times Magazine.

[3] Charney, Evan; English, William (May 2013). "Genopolitics and the Science of Genetics" (PDF). American Political Science Review. 107 (2): 382–395. doi:10.1017/S0003055413000099. hdl:10161/12548. ISSN 0003-0554. S2CID 10854801.

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